Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (; – September 14, 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri}} and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: ''Commedia'') and later christened by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.

Dante is known for establishing the use of the vernacular in literature at a time when most poetry was written in Latin, which was accessible only to educated readers. His ''De vulgari eloquentia'' (''On Eloquence in the Vernacular'') was one of the first scholarly defenses of the vernacular. His use of the Florentine dialect for works such as ''The New Life'' (1295) and ''Divine Comedy'' helped establish the modern-day standardized Italian language. By writing his poem in the Italian vernacular rather than in Latin, Dante influenced the course of literary development, making Italian the literary language in western Europe for several centuries. His work set a precedent that important Italian writers such as Petrarch and Boccaccio would later follow.

Dante was instrumental in establishing the literature of Italy, and is considered to be among the country's national poets and the Western world's greatest literary icons. His depictions of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven provided inspiration for the larger body of Western art and literature. He influenced English writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, and Alfred Tennyson, among many others. In addition, the first use of the interlocking three-line rhyme scheme, or the ''terza rima'', is attributed to him. He is described as the "father" of the Italian language, and in Italy he is often referred to as '''' ("the Supreme Poet"). Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio are also called the ("three crowns") of Italian literature. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1843
    In Livorno : P. Vannini, 1843.
    cv, 196 p. ; 23 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1876
    Berlin, R. von Decker, 1876.
    2 v.
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    Stuttgart, J. G. Cotta [n.d.]
    2 v. front. (port.) 18 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1512
    Venetia [Venice] : per Miser Bernardino Stagnino da Trino de Monferra, 1512.
    [12], 441 [i.e. 440] leaves : ill. ; 23 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1521
    Venetia [Venice] : Zuane Antonio & Fradelli da Sabio, 1521.
    [8], 151 leaves : port. ; 16 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1578
    Venetia, : Giovambattista, M. Sessa, et fratelli, 1578.
    [28], 163, [4], 164-392 leaves : ill. ; 31 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1518
    Venetia [Venice] : Guglielmo de Monferrato, 1518.
    [47] leaves.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1629
    Venetia, N. Misserini, 1629.
    3 p.l., 510, [24] p. 10 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1472
    [Venice?] : Federico Veronensi, 1472.
    [220] p. ; (fol.)
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1477
    [Venice] Vindelinus de Spira, 1477.
    [376] ̋., leaves [1, 17] and [376] blank, the first and last wanting. f̊. 34.3 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1552
    Lyone, Apresso G. Rouillio, 1552.
    644 [12] p. 4 wdct. (incl. port.) 12 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1550
    Venetia [Venice] : Al Segno de la Speranza, 1550.
    237 leaves ; 12 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1968
    Moskva, "Nauka," 1968.
    651 p. with illus., 6 l. of illus. 22 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1968
    Moskva : Izd-vo "Nauka", 1968.
    1 online resource (627 pages, [13] leaves of plates) : illustrations, portrait.
    Center for Research Libraries
    Online Resource
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1564
    Venetia, Appresso Giouambattista, Marchio Sessa, & fratelli, 1564.
    28 p.l., 163 numb. l., 4 l., 164-392 numb.l. illus. 31 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1497
    Venezia, Petrus de Quarengis, 11 October, 1497.
    1 v. Fol.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1515
    Imprimiose esta muy prouechosa y notable obra enla muy noble y mas leal ciudad de Burgos : por Fadrique aleman de Basilea, acabose Lunes a dos dias de Abril del año de nuestra redempciõ de mill y quinientos y quinze años [1515]
    [664] p.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1529
    [Vicenza, T.Ianiculo, 1529]
    [26] l. 23 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1568
    Venetia, Pietro da Fino, 1568.
    727, [1] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
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    by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
    Published 1478
    [Venice] : magistri philippi ueneti [i.e., Filippo di Pietro], 1478.
    [102] leaves (leaf [1] blank) ; 31 cm. (fol.)
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